There are weekends that don't look like any other. The 23 and 24 May 2026, Domaine Camille Braun Opens its doors to Orschwihr, Alsace, for two days thought as two different readings from the same place. Two days, two rhythms, two ways to get into the wine. But only one conviction: that wine is better understood when you take the time to approach it by its origin, by its landscape, by the gestures that carry it.
These open doors in Alsace are not just a tasting event. They are an invitation to cross the estate in all its thickness: the vineyard, the cellar, the vintage, the table. To meet the wines where they are born, to understand what the terroirs of Orschwihr print in each cuvée, to measure what time does to the wine when left with the possibility.
Saturday 23 May 2026: cellar, fire, long time
Saturday opens on a more interior anchor. No walking in the vineyards, but a dive into the place where the grapes become wine: the cellar, the barrels, the vats, this discreet space where the transformation takes place. The cellar visit at Domaine Camille Braun is not a technical journey. It's a way to get into the intimacy of the wine, to understand what's moving, what's gathering, what's calming down over the months.
The light is softer, the gestures slower, the sounds softer. It shows the choices of breeding, the balances sought, the patience that governs each decision. Some wines remain upright, others expand, others take time to gather. Nothing's cracked. The cellar thus becomes a place of translation: what the vine gave, the winemaker tries to carry it without distorting it.
The wine tasting prolongs this immersion, with wire conductive the discovery of the 2024 vintage : its tensions, freshness, lines still in motion. Each wine appears as an answer to the year, but also as a continuity in the work of the field.
Tasting workshop: vertical Pinot Gris Grand Cru
A special moment will be devoted to vertical Pinot Gris Grand Cru (on reservation). This tasting invites you to cross several vintages of the same terroir, to observe what remains and what is evolving. The Pinot Gris, often perceived in its immediate richness, reveals here another dimension: that of the holding, the structure, the ability to go through time without getting lost.
In a vertical, the wine changes its language. He no longer speaks only of the year, but of the place that persists through the years. Each vintage brings its shade, but in watermark, something remains: a line, a signature, a memory. This tasting allows to measure the depth of a Grand Cru of AlsaceNot in the moment, but in the duration.
Lunch : Christophe en flamekuechiolo
At lunchtime, the day takes another face. Christophe leaves the vineyard and cellar for a moment to stand in front of the oven. The time of a day, it becomes flamekuechiolo — Pizzaiolo of flambé pies — and finds this ancestral gesture, made of fine paste, fire and precision. The flaming pies come to the table still marked by the heat of the oven, crispy on the edges, melting in the center. A dish of sharing, without detour, that calls the wine with obviousness. Conversations take place, glasses fill, time relaxes. This moment often stays.
Sunday 24 May 2026: walking, landscape, wine in its place
Sunday opens on the outside. On the light of May, vine rows, slope, wind. At the heart of this day, gourmet walk between the Bollenberg and the Pfingstberg, followed by a lunch at the estate (on reservation). An invitation to enter the wines by their origin, to read the terroirs of Orschwihr from the very ground that carries them.
In Orschwihr, the landscape is never a decor. He speaks low, but he just speaks. It tells the reliefs, the exposures, the composition of the soils, the air currents, the water retention, the heat of the stone. Between Bollenberg and Pfingstberg, each variation of the ground prints its shade, moves the balance, composes another way for the vine to stand.
The Bollenberg, dry and bright hill, marked by limestone and crossed by winds, gives a special reading of maturity and tension. The Pfingstberg, Great Cru of balance and depth, calls another form of attention: it does not engage in immediate brightness, but in holding, duration, slow complexity. Between these two markers, the walk becomes almost a sentence: it moves forward, interrupts, resumes, and reveals the differences in soil, slope, and exposure, as many words in the language of the wine.
A geo-sensory tasting in the vineyards
The march will offer a unique geo-sensory tasting experience : taste the wines as close as possible to the plots where they were born. The look precedes the taste. The ground illuminates the matter. The wind and light accompany the wine reading. The walker gradually becomes a reader of the landscape, then a reader of the glass. Wine finds a new presence: more rooted, more legible, more moving as well.
Tasting workshop: the Grand Cru Pfingstberg Gewurztraminer
In addition to the walk, a tasting workshop around a vertical Grand Cru Pfingstberg Gewurztraminer will be proposed (on reservation). An opportunity to measure, through several vintages, the depth of a place and how the Gewurztraminer, on this exceptional terroir, reaches an expression of structure and duration far beyond its only aromatic exuberance.
The identity of the Domaine Camille Braun
Behind these two days, there is a story of family and transmission. The one by Christophe Braun, attentive winemaker, and d'Annabelle, his daughter, returned to the estate with her own reading of the place, her own language. Together, they cultivate a viticulture committed to organic farming and biodynamics, convinced that the wine is made first in the vine, with respect for the living, in listening to the soil and the seasons.
The wines of the Domaine Camille Braun do not seek effect. They're looking for accuracy. They carry the footprint of their places: Grand Crus Pfingstberg and Kaefferkopf, the so-called places of the hillside, the Bollenberg and its wines of slope, the cremants raised on lees, the macerations that reinvent the grape variety. Each cuvée is a sentence in a longer story: that of Orschwihr, its soil, its lights, its silences.
FAQ – Open Doors Domaine Camille Braun 23 & 24 May 2026
Are open doors free?
Access to the estate, wine tasting and wine cellar tours are free and free. The gourmet walk followed by lunch and vertical workshops are offered upon reservation, with participation in fees.
How to book the gourmet walk or tasting workshops?
Reservations are made on our website via this link for Saturday and this link for Sunday, or directly to the domain, by telephone at +33 (0)3 89 76 95 20 or by email to info@camille-braun.com. With limited places, we recommend you book quickly.
Is the gourmet walk accessible to all?
The walk between the Bollenberg and the Pfingstberg is accessible to a family audience, without particular technical difficulties. Walking shoes are recommended.
Can we come with kids?
Sure. The estate welcomes families with pleasure. Saturday's soaring pies and the weekend friendly atmosphere naturally lend themselves to the presence of the youngest.
Is there a shop there?
Yes. The cellar of the estate will be open all weekend. You can discover all the cuvées and leave with your selections.
Where is Domaine Camille Braun located?
Domaine Camille Braun – 16 Grands Rue – 68500 Orschwihr
Tel. : +33 (0)3 89 76 95 20 – Email : info@camille-braun.com
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